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“You Are The Killer!”

This past weekend we had the premiere presentation of our interactive murder mystery, Whispers in a Dark Manor. I’d venture to say that it was overall a success. When talking with a local hotel to use their conference room for a performance, they expressed interested in doing a murder mystery dinner. We agreed, and IContinue reading ““You Are The Killer!””

I Like Your Ensemble!

These ads for mobile games (that appear while I play other mobile games) continue to march across my screen. Most of them are lame or unwatchable, a few are utterly fascinating and confounding (how do I get an AI GF to be an effective dominatrix? I’m not making an in-app purchase to find out!), andContinue reading “I Like Your Ensemble!”

You Haven’t Got a Pray-er

I recently had a conversation with someone about the power of prayer. Actually, that’s not accurate; it wasn’t a conversation, but more of a monologue. He had two stories on this topic. Honestly, there may have been more, and I may have forgotten them in the amount of verbiage coming out of this guy. TheContinue reading “You Haven’t Got a Pray-er”

Storytelling 101? They Need the Remedial Class!

I started a new theatre and performance group called StoryZ because I think storytelling is at the center of what it means to be human, Yes, sometimes people weave tales that end up as conspiracy theories, but my premise is still sound. However, not everyone who tries to tell a story is any good atContinue reading “Storytelling 101? They Need the Remedial Class!”

Talk About Inflation!

I think we can all agree that prices have risen dramatically in the last few years. While many people blame the current president and the baby’s blood-drinking Democrats, the real reason is corporations. They find they can raise prices and people will still buy things. And don’t get me started on “shrinkflation.” I always rememberContinue reading “Talk About Inflation!”

The Polls Take a Toll

This primary election day found us once again volunteering to work at the polls. I was a bit horrified at the location: the boro building of Youngstown, PA. It’s a garage used by the city maintenance people. It’s as dirty as you might expect such a building to be, with dust and rust to beContinue reading “The Polls Take a Toll”

Invoking Kilgore Trout

Kurt Vonnegut invented the writer/character Kilgore Trout as a kind of Doppelgänger of himself. He appears in several of Vonnegut’s novels. There’s one Trout story—I think it’s in Breakfast of Champions—that’s about a man who thinks he’s the only non-robot in the world. As a result, he feels very isolated. In the common parlance ofContinue reading “Invoking Kilgore Trout”

How My Mind Works

I recently read a poem called, “My Mind Is a Kaleidoscope,” that was inspired by my mother sitting in a nursing home, with dementia nipping at her brain cells. She also often had urinary tract infections, which made her hallucinate and contact dead relatives, and I had to visit the nurses’ station and urge themContinue reading “How My Mind Works”

Improv Now? No….

Last week was a banner week for the surprise texters. Most notable were the two who wanted me to think it was a wrong number, and one who found me on a dating site I had never heard of before. She at least kept the conversation going, but the one I include below wasn’t upContinue reading “Improv Now? No….”